My 5th cousin Thomas M. Faulkner (b. 1839) enlisted on 11 July 1861 as a Pvt. with Company A 16th Georgia Volunteer Infantry CSA, Army of Northern Virginia. He was part of the 'Madison County Grays'. Thomas died of disease in camp near Richmond, Virginia, on 4 September 1861. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847. Well-known Confederates soldiers buried there include J.E.B. Stuart, George Pickett, and Matthew Maury.

Enlisted in Madison County, Ga (Madison County Grays) in July 18,1862. Wounded in left arm and permanently disabled at Chancellorsville, Va. on May 3,1863. Born in GA in 1836, he died in Madison County, GA in 1914.

Born in Jackson County, Georgia where he enlisted prior to April 1862. Left sick at Goldsboro, N.C. April 4, 1862. Captured at Crampton's Gap, Maryland on September 14,1862. Sent from Fort Delaware, Del. to Aiken's Landing, Va. for exchange October 2, 1862. Admitted to General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Va., October 11, 1862. Transferred to Camp Lee, Richmond, Va., October 18, 1862. Appointed Corporal in 1862. Died August 5, 1863.

MY GREAT-GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS BORN IN JACKSON,CO. 1830HE WAS A FARMER, HE HAD 160 ACRE FARM ON BEECH CREEK,ON PRESENT DAY BOWMAN MILL RD HE ENLISTED AUG.13 1861. CAPT A.M.REYNOLDS CO.B. LEFT ATHENS GA FOR RICHMOND VA. SHORTLY THEREAFTER. FOUGHT IN EVERY MAJOR BATTLE WITH THE A.N.V.BATTLEOF CRAMPTONS GAP,SHARPSBURG,FREDRICKSBURG,CHANCELLORSVILLE,THE WILDERNESS JUST TO NAME A FEW, HE WAS KILLED IN ACTIONAT FRONT ROYAL,VA AUGUST 16TH,1864 BURIED THERE AS UNKNOWNWITH HIS OTHER COMMERADES AT PROSPECT HILL CEMETARY. HONOR THE BRAVE..

George W. Cleveland was a school teacher and the son of Obediah and Annie Cleveland,,he enlisted on July 13,1861 at the age of 21 and was promoted to full corporal after enlistment,,he was wounded in the right wrist and captured at the battle of Cramptoms Gap in MD. on Sept. 14,1862 and exchanged at Aikins Landing on Nov.10,1862.

Brooks, James W.- private January 28, 1862. Severely wounded in left shoulder at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. Absent without leave September 1, 1864. Pension records show he was unable to return to command on account of wounds. (Born in Georgia January 30,1836.)

Enlisted as a private May 14, 1862. Never sick; never furloughed. Killed at the 'Bloody Angle' Battle of Spotsylvania Court House May 12, 1864.

For those descendants who are interested in more information about the 16th GA, feel free to contact me. Their regimental history is impressive! They were involved in most of the major battles of the eastern theater and one of the few regiments that also fought in major battles of the west. I am doing research for a book which will be about the 16th GA and include info on men from all 10 companies. If you'd like your ancestor included, feel free to submit a short bio. Thanks :-)

Alexander Black was born in Hamblen Co. Tenn. and was believed to have joined or was conscripted after Longstreet withdrew from Knoxville into upper East Tenn. after the Battle of Fort Sanders. Alexander Black joined Co. E., 16th Georgia. He was shot in the knee at the Battle of the Wilderness. Received a pension. Married Sarah C. Young and died in Knoxville, Tenn. Had a veteran's stone and stone dedication for Alexander Black. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Knoxville.

Enlisted 1861, Habersham Guards, admitted to General Hospital at Richmond 13, May 1862. Died of chronic,diarrehoea, 22, May 1862. Oldest of four brothers who served the Confederacy. George B. Crumley, Sidney Smith Crumley, and Chappel C. Crumley would serve in the same brigade, 24th Ga. Infantry. He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond on 23, May 1862. In 1860, William married Nancy Ivester. Shortly upon knowledge of his death, his young widow moved to Polk County Tennessee to live near her parents.

Son of William Sherod Thompson & Eliza Bailey,grandson of Sherod Thompson & Charlotte Land Elected Captain July 20, 1861. Wounded at Crampton's Gap, Md. September 14, 1862. Resigned August 1, 1863 due to his injury. Resignation accepted September 9,1863. (Born in Ga. in 1828. Buried in Fla.)

Brother of Capt Augustus Thompson.1st Sergeant July 20, 1861. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant October 1861. Surrendered, Ap pomattox, Va. April 9,1865. Son of William Sherod Thompson,grandson of Sherod & Charlotte Land Thompson

Son of Green Thompson. Grandson of Sherod Thompson & Charlotte Land. Private May 15,1862. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. with sprained ankle November 24,1864. Returned to duty December 22,1864. No later record

Featured in book In Care of Yellow River Post Office. Not my relative, but from Lilburn. His unit was called the Flint Hill Grays. He boarded train from Stone Mountain to go to Richmond on August 11th, 1861. Died of Typhoid Fever October 27, 1863 in Rome GA after the Battle of Chickamagua. He participated in the Battles of Gettysburg, Crampton's Gap, Fredricksburg, Chancelorsville, Seven Days Battle, and Dam No 1 on the Warwick River. He had a bad reaction to the small pox vaccine he describes in the book. His mother was Susan McDaniel Landers.